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The underlying problem is that it's difficult to make high-quality cross-platform apps. A symptom of this problem is that companies create low-quality cross-pla
by bloppe 3y ago
The underlying problem is that it's difficult to make high-quality cross-platform apps. A symptom of this problem is that companies create low-quality cross-platform apps instead of high-quality platform-tailored apps, because it's cheaper. I don't think we should treat the symptom by spending more money on platform-tailored apps. We should treat the disease by making platforms more interoperable.
- derefr 3y agoThe underlying "problem", then, is capitalism — and what you're highlighting as the "problem" is rather the benefit of it. Companies seek to differentiate themselves in the market by offering features that their competitors don't have; and companies that offer platforms seek to win mind-share for developing on their platform, by building out hardware features that their competitors don't have. That's where technological innovation comes from.